05 December, 2005

Granted, it was only the congressional elections, but compared to previous tense elections in Venezuela--where turnout was more than healthy and certainly shames our limping voter turnout numbers--it is something remarkable indeed. And certainly says a lot about people'e confidence in the government, the CNE and their ability to run fair elections. However, for more indepth insight into the situation, I refer you to Venezuelan News and Views, The Devil's Excrement and Caracas Chronicles.

Unfortunately, one possible spin manuever is, of course, that fact that chávistas now have all the seats in the National Congress.

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A little something about me....

This is the journal of an archaeologist-in-training and PhD candidate at the University of Arizona. Currently I am living in Oaxaca preparing for the next phase of my PhD career, the dissertation research project. I have a little site up in the Mixteca Alta region that I'm hoping will tell me a lot about the transition to urbanism in this area.

Aside from that I spend my time enjoying myself in la tierra de pasión y calor. This blog is about being a graduate student and living it up in Oaxaca. All opinions are my own. Let the adventure begin.